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Counties With the Lowest Wildfire Risk in Maryland (2026)

Baltimore has the lowest wildfire risk of any county in Maryland, at 23.9, followed by Montgomery and Prince George's (data vintage 2024). The full ranking of the top 24 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FEMA National Risk Index

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Lowest counties for wildfire risk in Maryland

Top 24 of 24 counties with data.

Ranked by wildfire risk (FEMA National Risk Index, 2024), lowest first.

Lowest counties for wildfire risk in Maryland
RankCountyValue
1Baltimore23.9
2Montgomery29.2
3Prince George's34.7
4Baltimore37.7
5Frederick39.8
6Howard39.8
7Anne Arundel40.2
8Harford43.4
9Carroll44.7
10Charles46.6
11Allegany50.9
12Washington52.5
13Cecil54.1
14Garrett69.8
15Kent72.1
16Calvert73.4
17St. Mary's75.6
18Queen Anne's79.5
19Worcester79.9
20Talbot82.7
21Caroline83.1
22Wicomico83.5
23Dorchester87.3
24Somerset93.8

How this ranking works

This page ranks Maryland counties by wildfire risk, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For wildfire risk, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh wildfire risk against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of wildfire risk.

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